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" I have a theory that I really want my kids to know - the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work. "

Eric Bana

People

Reality

Work

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Place

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" I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. "

" I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job. "

" By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way. "

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" My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes from sort of 'me' storytelling. "

Eric Bana

Writing

Creative

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" I'm very much a bit of a ghost presence. "

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" Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting. "

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" When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home. "

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" I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair. "

" I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me. "

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Youth

Falling

" I've given no thought to moving to America at all. "